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Sunday, 20 February 2011

Micro and nano systems Laboratory

Tel Aviv is one of the pioneers in designing and EEG MEMs for Neurology diagnostics. Below you can read one of their applications.

Biophysics of Neurons


Neuronal biophysics concerns with many different properties. One of the most conspicuous is their mechanics. Mechanical properties appear to profoundly affect neuronal morphology, wiring, function, and motility. Using large locust cultures we are trying to explore these various effects.
     Axonal mechanics demonstrated
Sarit Anava, Alon Greenbaum, Eshel Ben Jacob, Yael Hanein and Amir Ayali
The regulative role of neurite mechanical tension in network development,
Biophysical Journal, Vol.96, pp. 16611670, 2009.

     Neuronal shape is correlated with motility but also with tension


          Neuronal adhesion to rough surfaces


Raya Sorkin, Alon Greenbaum, Moshe David-Pur, Sarit Anava, Amir Ayali, Eshel Ben-Jacob, andYael Hanein, Process entanglement as a neuronal adhesion mechanism, Nanotechnology, Vol. 20, pp. 015101, 2009.
If you are interested contact
Yael Hanein, Ph.D.

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